Today, a few members of the transgender community will take over a wall in Dharavi, a slum cluster in the heart of Mumbai, and transform it into a riot of colours, as part of the month-long festivities leading up to the Mumbai Pride on 28 January. The cisgender woman responsible for this is Poornima Sukumar, who initiated the Aravani Art Project exactly a year ago in home-base Bengaluru. The 29-year-old calls herself an accidental artist. “I was walking past the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath one day and decided to apply,” she says. She has since used her art to create awareness and drive the message of inclusivity. “With walls, the scope for interaction and inclusion is so much more than a canvas in an art gallery.

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